Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8

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Hello Everyone!

Just here to post the wicked look of the Voltex GT wing on our Type R.
Initial review: the Voltex is a lot lighter than the stock spoiler. The quality is top notch (as it should) and it bolts up directly with ZERO issues. I’ll post a few pictures of the progress of the install which was super easy. And I only broke 1 clip lol very proud of myself and the end result. Enjoy the pics and ask away on any questions!
Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 BBFEF671-3692-4228-894B-75A2C62CDABE
Hatchback sport
Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 CCC4A4B1-4B50-40F1-8D37-2247C2D89C57

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Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 A88A3B59-5EDE-46F8-9A78-78843A99E9BE

Both sides Mocked up
Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 87B28BCE-EFAB-4DAE-B3F8-E919A035464F

That weave is
Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 0699B532-DEE0-4806-BE82-73DE5AB8CECF

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Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 CDA6815B-8859-43BF-A0E6-B776F27E1253

Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 1ED58BFF-D455-4404-9444-997C6DFD185E

Beautiful end plates
Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 7E3043AE-052C-401D-BA23-7D1ED3EFCC57

Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 143B0D21-D93B-4538-8879-716564F1FF8C


And here is the final result:

Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 23133B48-1B5B-4677-AF8E-84CFA713E5F1

Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 1BB88748-E38B-49FF-8EDC-9ECA8D226501

Honda Civic 10th gen Voltex Type 2 1600mm FK8 80F0BEA2-E5EA-4C61-9E39-3E234A3AB347


Special thank you to my best friend @shawn_si for taking these awesome photos. Give him a follow for the future content.
 
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Dope! Was actually looking at this, but wanted to know how visibility is out the rear window? It looks like it should sit about as high if not higher than stock?
 
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Dope! Was actually looking at this, but wanted to know how visibility is out the rear window? It looks like it should sit about as high if not higher than stock?
Zero issues looking back. You do catch yourself looking out the side view mirror, checking out the end plates lol
 

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Absolutely beautiful!!! If you don't mind me asking what's your Wheel and Tire setup? And is it still stock suspension? Thank you in advance!
 

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Damn, that wing looks epic. Are you noticing anything different besides it being visible in the side view? Is it visible at all in the rear view mirror? How did the car's handling change?
 


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Absolutely beautiful!!! If you don't mind me asking what's your Wheel and Tire setup? And is it still stock suspension? Thank you in advance!
18X9.5 +45 CE28sl in mag blue on 265/35R18 Firestone Firehawks. and its lowered on eibach prokit.


Damn, that wing looks epic. Are you noticing anything different besides it being visible in the side view? Is it visible at all in the rear view mirror? How did the car's handling change?
nothing out of the rear. and i haven't been able to check the difference, only took it out to the shoot spot and back to the garage, but i'm hoping for some canyon runs soon :)
 

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This wing for racing? I had read somewhere the stock wing really dont do anything till after like 75 80 MPH. With full effects not till over 100. This wing same? Any noticable effects with daily driving or just for racing?
 

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This wing for racing? I had read somewhere the stock wing really dont do anything till after like 75 80 MPH. With full effects not till over 100. This wing same? Any noticable effects with daily driving or just for racing?
He’ll be able to confidently go faster and be more stable in high speed turns.
 

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Can this wing fit a 10th gen civic si sedan?
 


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He’ll be able to confidently go faster and be more stable in high speed turns.
It's not going to make an appreciable difference. It looks cool but just doing some quick math:

Voltex Type 2 wing (with standard endplates) makes ~60 pounds of downforce at 100mph.

https://baero.tech/blog/2018/8/3/voltexjs-racing-endplates

Per Honda literature, stock wing makes 66 pounds of downforce at 200kph (125 mph).

Lift (negative lift in this case) increases at the square of the speed. So to convert the Voltex's wing downforce at 100 mph to a figure at 125 mph, we need to multiply 60 lb by (125/100)^2 = 60 * 1.5625 = 93.75 pounds

So, the Voltex wing makes ~28 pounds more downforce than the stock wing at 125 mph. This downforce isn't evenly distributed across the car (and in fact could make the car less balanced at even higher speed by changing the center of pressure), but let's assume it is for simplicity's sake.

Curb weight is 3,117 lb, car pulls 1.03g laterally stock. You can directly calculate the new lateral g by simply dividing the car's effective weight with the additional downforce (28 lb) by the actual weight, then multiplying by 1.03.

(3145/3117) * 1.03 = 1.04g

So, with a ton of simplifying assumptions, the car with the new wing is going to pull 0.01g laterally more at 125 mph. That is an imperceptible difference, and there are also not many places where you're going to be cornering at the absolute limit at 125 mph (unless you have a death wish).

Tl;dr the wing doesn't really have any functional purpose. Looks cool though.
 
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It's not going to make an appreciable difference. It looks cool but just doing some quick math:

Voltex Type 2 wing (with standard endplates) makes ~60 pounds of downforce at 100mph.

https://baero.tech/blog/2018/8/3/voltexjs-racing-endplates

Per Honda literature, stock wing makes 66 pounds of downforce at 200kph (125 mph).

Lift (negative lift in this case) increases at the square of the speed. So to convert the Voltex's wing downforce at 100 mph to a figure at 125 mph, we need to multiply 60 lb by (125/100)^2 = 60 * 1.5625 = 93.75 pounds

So, the Voltex wing makes ~28 pounds more downforce than the stock wing at 125 mph. This downforce isn't evenly distributed across the car (and in fact could make the car less balanced at even higher speed by changing the center of pressure), but let's assume it is for simplicity's sake.

Curb weight is 3,117 lb, car pulls 1.03g laterally stock. You can directly calculate the new lateral g by simply dividing the car's effective weight with the additional downforce (28 lb) by the actual weight, then multiplying by 1.03.

(3145/3117) * 1.03 = 1.04g

So, with a ton of simplifying assumptions, the car with the new wing is going to pull 0.01g laterally more at 125 mph. That is an imperceptible difference, and there are also not many places where you're going to be cornering at the absolute limit at 125 mph (unless you have a death wish).

Tl;dr the wing doesn't really have any functional purpose. Looks cool though.
The question is at what improvement does a wing is deemed effective? We can pull out the effective weight provided by the stock wing (66 lbs @ 124MPH) and get ((3117-66)/3117)*1.03 = 1.01 or approximately 0.02g laterally less @ 124MPH vs stock. I'm not sure what that means to be honest in terms of driving dynamics. But it looks like the Varis wing would be ½ as affective on the stock Type R (+0.01g) vs the stock Type R wing is on a non-wing'd Type R (+0.02g).

If we were talking straight line acceleration numbers, then the 0.01g would be the difference between a 5.5 0-60 time and a 5.4 0-60 time (or a 7.8 vs a 7.6 or a 9.6 vs 9.3...). A 0.02g would be 3.7 vs 3.6 (or a 5.3 vs 5.1 or 6.5 vs 6.2 or 7.6 vs 7.2...). Realistically, they aren't much, but they can add up. But I must admit, lateral acceleration is far different than straight line.
 

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The question is at what improvement does a wing is deemed effective? We can pull out the effective weight provided by the stock wing (66 lbs @ 124MPH) and get ((3117-66)/3117)*1.03 = 1.01 or approximately 0.02g laterally less @ 124MPH vs stock. I'm not sure what that means to be honest in terms of driving dynamics. But it looks like the Varis wing would be ½ as affective on the stock Type R (+0.01g) vs the stock Type R wing is on a non-wing'd Type R (+0.02g).
TCR cars (with BoP) are making a little over 500 pounds of downforce between the front splitter and rear wings (no real diffuser). Hard to say exactly what the aero balance is, but a solid bet on rear wing downforce is at least 200 pounds at 100 mph and closer to 300 pounds at 150 mph. My only actual datapoint is from Opel Astra TCR windtunnel data, which shows the rear wing making 125 pounds of downforce at just 86 mph.

I would therefore call a TCR wing the minimum amount of downforce needed to actually be effective in increasing performance (especially given that nobody in a street CTR on non-slicks is going to be cornering at 150mph).

Even if you were to bolt the TCR wing on, you'd then need to reinforce the trunk and add a front splitter, because otherwise you would move the center of pressure very far back and the car would understeer like a pig. And then you'd also need slicks, because the stock tires aren't going to like being asked to corner at 1.5G with the added downforce.

A big rear wing is just for show. Even a TCR rear wing on a street CTR would be pointless without other aerodynamic changes.
 
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Hello Everyone!

Just here to post the wicked look of the Voltex GT wing on our Type R.
Initial review: the Voltex is a lot lighter than the stock spoiler. The quality is top notch (as it should) and it bolts up directly with ZERO issues. I’ll post a few pictures of the progress of the install which was super easy. And I only broke 1 clip lol very proud of myself and the end result. Enjoy the pics and ask away on any questions!
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Hatchback sport
CCC4A4B1-4B50-40F1-8D37-2247C2D89C57.jpeg

SPL Mount

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Both sides Mocked up
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That weave is
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Beautiful end plates
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And here is the final result:

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Special thank you to my best friend @shawn_si for taking these awesome photos. Give him a follow for the future content.
Absolutely awesome
I'd like to buy it and mount on my civic fk7, were can i find it?
I'm from italy, i need an online shop
 


 


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